Word: bittersweetly
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...years was received mostly as a novelty. Now, Witness of the Unseen treats Filonov's oeuvre as classic art that commands the same depth of regard that Filonov invested in it. His aesthetic achievements are enough to mark him out as an utter original. Behind them lurk the bittersweet discoveries of an artist who plunged deeply into human dejection even as he reached for a beauty...
Professors at the Law School were equally complimentary when contacted yesterday. But Faust’s selection was bittersweet in the North Yard, since it meant that the search committee had passed on Kagan...
...something that it’s not, starting with the name: no one in the band is from Montreal. And, true to form, new release “Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?” sets gloomy lyrics to undeniably upbeat hooks, startling the listener to bittersweet effect. The best example is “A Sentences of Sorts in Kongsvinger.” Leadman Kevin Barnes sings, “I spent the winter on the verge of a total breakdown while living in Norway” over an irrepressible synth, making it impossible to decide whether...
...bittersweet consolation of outgrowing your favorite children’s books is the chance to revisit them as adults with keener eyes. One of my own pet series of grade-school readers featured Amelia Bedelia, a bonneted and primly smocked English maid with a shaky grasp of her own native language. Much to the chagrin of her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, Amelia comically (and sometimes catastrophically) misinterprets their housekeeping instructions, thanks to her literalist approach to language...
...Three Sons for twelve years." Instead, success followed success: Barefoot in the Park (1963), an evocation of newlywed days; The Odd Couple (1965), based on an experience of Danny's; Sweet Charity (1966), a Bob Fosse musical now enjoying a Broadway revival; Plaza Suite (1968), a trio of bittersweet one acts set in the same hotel room; Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1969), a hilarious yet pathetic picture of a man attempting infidelities during a mid-life-crisis...